adidas x overkill | the new mission zx away from home collection

Football shirts and adidas ZX runners have always shared the same emotional ecosystem. Tribal loyalty, obsessive collectors, endless archive discussions and grown adults arguing over colour blocking at three in the morning. adidas and Berlin sneaker institution Overkill clearly understand that better than most, because their latest collaboration arrives wrapped inside an entire fictional football universe complete with undercover missions, cinematic reels and a cast that reads like German pop culture bingo. Titled ‘Mission ZX: Away from Home,’ the project marks the next instalment in the long-running relationship between the two brands and lands at a moment where football nostalgia is completely swallowing fashion again. Between the return of the Trefoil to international kits, the resurgence of terrace dressing and the internet’s renewed fixation on archival adidas runners, the timing feels almost suspiciously perfect. At the centre sit two new silhouettes: the ZX 8000 Overkill and ZX 9000 Overkill. Both reinterpret the aesthetics of Germany’s latest home and away football shirts through the lens of adidas’ beloved ZX lineage, one of the most technically important running franchises in sneaker history. Introduced throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s under the guidance of legendary designer Jacques Chassaing, the ZX line became synonymous... Read more » The post adidas x overkill | the new mission zx away from home collection appeared first on Schön! Magazine.